Texasbandit

I do believe that body composition and weight loss are connected. I'm still researching but I wonder if those who have a hard time losing despite doing everything have lots of belly fat. My fat is mostly in my mid section. I've found that those few people I know with saggy stomachs have a hard time losing. I also believe that most people have normal metabolisms and can lose if they stay under a certain amount of calories. Then there is us who work out and eat right and don't lose or in my case gain. I eat around 1000 or less. Before I had to go up and down on my calories every few days. It was unhealthy. I starved then binged every few days. I don't want to go down that road but I've gain 2 lbs in a month.

I've gained 2 lbs in 2 days. It's nowhere near my time of the month. I haven't had another cheat day. Not really doing anything different. I've actually upped my work outs. I'm about to take a pregnancy test cause I haven't been this up and down since I was pregnant. There is no way I'm pregnant but I'll make sure I'm not.

I had sex 3 or 4 days post op! You can get pregnant easier due to the weight loss. I should have named my son Atkins cause after I went on that diet and lost 60lbs I got pregnant!! Weight loss regulated my hormones and fixed my infertility! I'm on the pill now but wasn't back then. I had stopped having periods when I weighed 330. So extra protection isn't needed.

Wow shelly sorry! Sounds like a pain in the butt. I hope you get it removed soon. I was thinking about what the OP said. I wonder if it's worse being thin then getting fat then to never have been thin ever. I wonder how would I feel to look at old pictures of me a size 6 and now I'm a size 18. I think it would drive me nuts! I look at my high school pictures and see a 340 pound dork who was miserable. I decided at 18 to lose weight and it took 2 years but I got down to 265. The smallest I've ever been was a size 14. I'm still a dork but as I got older I've went from an huge ugly duckling to a fat swan!

Me too. I'm trying to have another baby next year so I never considered a bypass. I want something I van have removed if need be.

I'm trying guys I am but up another pound today!!!

Not everyone becomes obese cause they are emotionally attached to food. Some people like me are naturally lazy, poor metabolism and an unhealthy love of all things sweet!!!! I love love bad food. I hate to work out. One sugary confection can derail me. I can eat a whole pie if I wanted to. But I don't. I would feel extremely guilty if I ate a whole pie and working out has become apart of my routine. Life doesn't have to stop cause you are overweight either. If you want it bad enough then nothing will stop you from losing the weight. You don't have to totally cut out certain foods with the lap band. Right now after 2 fills I can eat anything but a lot less of it.

Thank you OP!! My dr says the same darn thing. People keep telling me to eat more. I have lost anything in almost a month.

I have my 3rd fill on 11/08. I have to go see my surgeon before that. The first fill I felt it.I got 2 cc's. I don't know how much they put in it this time. I was banded 09/02. I don't feel anything but I can eat more than a cup of food but I don't cause I'm not hungry but then again if I ate so little I think I would get 600 calories a day.

I have some question for the OP. First, do you feel a lot thinner now? I have a hard time feeling thinner. I've lost weight but can't really tell. Second, at rate did you lose?! Third, is there anything that really helped you lose the weight?

Real talk here. I'm just gonna give you my honest opinion. Most people here will try to tell you, "oh yeah get the lapband. It will help you." First I've been banded sine sept 2 and I haven't had any digestive issues at all. Do your research. The lap band can be removed compared to gastric bypass and the like. I am 35, I'm married and want to have another baby next year. So rearranging my intestines wasn't for me. I can technically eat anything I want. I do get ful quicker and I don't have hunger in the normal sense. I eat a health diet. I've never heard about any lasting issues regarding long term banded patients. There have been people who had band erosion and the like but those people are like one percent. As for the emotional eating. I cannot relate. I'm not a social person and don't associate food with emotion or social well being. Those are issues you have to sort out. If you are gonna morn the loss of certain foods then you don't want to be thin or should I say health bad enough. The band is just a tool. A over glorified appetite suppressant. It won't select food for you. You can eat great food that is good for you!! You have to change how you see food. To me good is sustenance no more no less. I personally have never been thin. So the notion of being sexy means a wide range of things. However, I've never not had a boyfriend or fun or let my weight stop me. Maybe when I was a teen and younger, but as an adult? No. I stop caring about what people thought of me. Yeah I have my days. I'm hard on me but won't let others treat me badly cause I'm fat. As for dating. There is plenty to do besides restaurant hop!!! Get out of the eatery and see some sites or do a physical activity. I do regret the lapband but only because my weight loss has slowed to nothing. I do not recommend the lap band for you at this time. Have you tried any other weight loss programs?? I would use surgery as a last resort. You will have to work at it with the band!! Good luck momma! And may I say I think you are attractive!! Don't dump on yourself.

I got my ticker at myfitnesspal.com. Once you register and create it a URL will be given then you just add the URL to your signature on here!

I am about to give up seriously!! After gaining 5 lbs of I guess what was water weight, I finally as of Friday get back down to 275. Well this morning I am up to 276. Haven't done anything different just my body wants to gain. I'm so tired of this ****. This is crazy. Monday I start the biggest loser at my job and I am sure now that I will fail. I will start working out 3 times a day. Weights in the morning. An hour walk at lunch and a walk when I get home. If that doesn't move the scale then I dunno. My body is a freak.

I feel your pain marabeth trust me. I hope things get better for you soon! As for me I've gained 1lb today and right now I just want to scream and quit!!!

My weight is 275, Jeez...

Ok I barely got any info from my surgeon. Everything I learned was thru my own research and what I've learned here. Never heard the subject of bandster hell or anything like that from my surgery center. I have been one of the lucky few I guess to not be hungry since being banded. I'm on my 2nd fill now but probably could have done without another one. I'm just stalled. Didn't know that was gonna happen. I've been banded a month and a half. I'm gonna start working out 3x a day and trying to get to 1000 calories a day to see if that helps.

Thanks! I just got a fill so I'm all about shakes and trying to do 3-4 a day plus one good meal.

Thanks for a response! Why wouldn't you do it again. Just curious? Did u lose weight?

Im interested but my food is on myfitnesspal. Please send me the spreadsheet. I can tell you what my diet consists of. Protein shakes, tuna, baked chicken, and squash or spinach. That's about it and water of course. Oh and eggs too. In my experience men usually lose weight a lot easier than women. My husband can sneeze and lose weight!! Lol

I wish that eating 800 calories a day and feeling weak and tired was the simple formula it's not. I asked time and time again what about starvation mode??? I was told by several people even on here that some believed it was a myth. My own surgeon said starvation mode doesn't effect lapband patients! Well here I am burning 300-400 calories a day working out and another 2400 just by breathing and living. Then eating 800 calories a day!! U do the math. Now we are being told to eat more??? Confused? Umm hello??? Yeah!!!

I've stalled and not hungry. I've stuck to the plan and working out. Had a cheat day and gained 5lbs!!! Check my blog it's so insane.

Oh sorry it wasn't giving my food journals over that made me upset. The lady was mean and condescending! That's what set me off.

Spaghetti squash is easy! Cut in half and bake for 40 min rind side up. Let cool a little then with a fork scrap the insides. It makes very thin like angel hair pasta.

I had my 2nd fill yesterday and it was painless. I have gained 5lbs since my cheat day on Sunday. Today I think I am down 2lbs, but really I dont know anymore. The scale at the fill center says i'm 280, but I know 1lb of that at least was what I was wearing but whatever. I've noticed during the day I am at least 2lbs heavier. Anyhoo...The PA questioned what I ate and how I worked out and sounded like I was lying! I was deeply hurt and offended. It's bad enough I'm a slow loser and one cheat day sets me back a week. I dont need anyone else making me feel like I'm not working hard. I am. I've never worked this hard ever trying to lose weight. She said it would almost be impossible for me to eat less than 1000 calories and work out 4-5 days and be the weight that I am. I should be losing 4-8lbs a month. for my size it should be 6 punds a month. She told me to bring a print out of what I'm eating for a week for my next fill. Whatever. Ugh I'm so mad. yeah I should weigh 274, but guess what? My body SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully liquids for a few days will help. I'm out of answers. I'm so confused. If I upp my calories and that doesnt work then I'm going to what I know. Ultra low carb high calorie diet. I lost consistantly by not counting calories but carbs. I count both now and it is killing me. So yeah she made me feel like a failure. I guess I am. I am so cranky lately and on edge. I dunno what the band is doing to me??? Is it the lack of food. I dunno? something has to change. Something has to give, but I dont know where to start.

ive kept it a secret cause I dont feel like answering questions. My in-laws know and my household, but thats it. PLus i'm a slow loser.